Azure Job Trends in the East of England

Microsoft Azure
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the East of England requiring Azure skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 5 9 5
Rank change year-on-year +4 -4 +1
Permanent jobs citing Azure 444 426 364
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 13.59% 10.19% 17.16%
As % of the Cloud Services category 45.77% 40.65% 49.59%
Number of salaries quoted 371 282 308
10th Percentile £26,250 £30,000 £27,675
25th Percentile £28,250 £41,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.00% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £63,750 £65,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £86,275
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% -3.85%

All Cloud Skills
East of England

Azure falls under the Cloud Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring cloud computing skills in the East of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 970 1,048 734
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 29.68% 25.07% 34.61%
Number of salaries quoted 679 549 599
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,000 £27,000
25th Percentile £31,125 £41,250 £34,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £53,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.09% +6.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £61,250 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £83,900
England median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -11.54% +4.00% -3.85%

Azure
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Azure relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Azure job vacancy trend in the East of England

Azure
Salary Trend in the East of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Azure.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Azure

Azure
Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Azure in the East of England over the 6 months to 9 November 2025.

Salary histogram for Azure in the East of England

Azure
Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Azure within the East of England region over the 6 months to 9 November 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Hertfordshire +5 136 £55,000 -2.50% 133
Cambridgeshire +13 132 £38,000 -20.00% 121
Essex +11 83 £35,000 -30.69% 71
Bedfordshire +6 51 £32,500 -35.00% 73
Suffolk -5 31 £47,500 +50.79% 28
Norfolk -16 7 £60,000 +87.50% 29
East Anglia - 4 £95,000 - 165
Azure
England

Azure
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 68 (15.32%) Microsoft Exchange
2 52 (11.71%) SharePoint
3 15 (3.38%) Confluence
4 5 (1.13%) WordPress
5 4 (0.90%) Apache Solr
5 4 (0.90%) CMS
6 3 (0.68%) Apache Airflow
6 3 (0.68%) Apache Spark
7 2 (0.45%) Appian
7 2 (0.45%) IIS
7 2 (0.45%) Tomcat
8 1 (0.23%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 50 (11.26%) Microsoft Excel
2 20 (4.50%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (1.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (1.13%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.45%) Trello
Business Applications
1 6 (1.35%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.45%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 177 (39.86%) Microsoft 365
2 112 (25.23%) Power Platform
3 91 (20.50%) Entra ID
4 67 (15.09%) AWS
5 39 (8.78%) Azure Logic Apps
6 37 (8.33%) Azure DevOps
7 35 (7.88%) PowerApps
8 28 (6.31%) Power Automate
9 22 (4.95%) Serverless
10 20 (4.50%) SaaS
11 18 (4.05%) OneDrive
12 12 (2.70%) GitHub
12 12 (2.70%) IaaS
12 12 (2.70%) PaaS
12 12 (2.70%) Snowflake
13 10 (2.25%) GCP
14 9 (2.03%) Azure Data Factory
15 8 (1.80%) Google Workspace
16 7 (1.58%) Azure Cosmos DB
16 7 (1.58%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 78 (17.57%) Firewall
2 38 (8.56%) DHCP
3 37 (8.33%) DNS
4 30 (6.76%) VPN
5 27 (6.08%) TCP/IP
5 27 (6.08%) WAN
5 27 (6.08%) Wireless
6 24 (5.41%) Internet
7 20 (4.50%) LAN
8 14 (3.15%) VLAN
9 13 (2.93%) SAN
10 12 (2.70%) Wi-Fi
11 11 (2.48%) WLAN
12 7 (1.58%) IP Telephony
13 5 (1.13%) SD-WAN
14 4 (0.90%) Cisco ASA
14 4 (0.90%) Remote Desktop
14 4 (0.90%) SSL
15 3 (0.68%) VoIP
16 2 (0.45%) DMARC
Database & Business Intelligence
1 73 (16.44%) Power BI
2 54 (12.16%) SQL Server
3 17 (3.83%) MySQL
4 11 (2.48%) Data Warehouse
5 9 (2.03%) PostgreSQL
6 8 (1.80%) Amazon RDS
7 6 (1.35%) Oracle Database
7 6 (1.35%) Relational Database
8 5 (1.13%) Azure SQL Database
8 5 (1.13%) Crystal Reports
8 5 (1.13%) Oracle Reports
9 4 (0.90%) Elasticsearch
9 4 (0.90%) Redis
10 2 (0.45%) Amazon Redshift
10 2 (0.45%) Metadata
10 2 (0.45%) Power Query
10 2 (0.45%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 2 (0.45%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 2 (0.45%) Tableau
11 1 (0.23%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 28 (6.31%) Git
2 25 (5.63%) JIRA
3 4 (0.90%) GitLab
3 4 (0.90%) Jenkins
4 3 (0.68%) Selenium
5 2 (0.45%) MSTest
5 2 (0.45%) NUnit
5 2 (0.45%) Octopus Deploy
5 2 (0.45%) Robot Framework
5 2 (0.45%) Snyk
5 2 (0.45%) SpecFlow
5 2 (0.45%) TeamCity
5 2 (0.45%) TestNG
6 1 (0.23%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.23%) CircleCI
6 1 (0.23%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.23%) Maven
6 1 (0.23%) SonarQube
6 1 (0.23%) Sonatype Nexus
6 1 (0.23%) Visual Studio
General
1 103 (23.20%) Social Skills
2 45 (10.14%) Finance
3 29 (6.53%) Retail
4 21 (4.73%) Analytical Skills
5 19 (4.28%) Law
6 18 (4.05%) Automotive
7 15 (3.38%) Legal
8 12 (2.70%) Organisational Skills
9 10 (2.25%) Public Sector
10 8 (1.80%) Back Office
10 8 (1.80%) Multimedia
11 7 (1.58%) Presentation Skills
12 6 (1.35%) Publishing
13 5 (1.13%) Documentation Skills
13 5 (1.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 5 (1.13%) Marketing
13 5 (1.13%) Telecoms
14 4 (0.90%) Health Technology
15 2 (0.45%) Czech Language
15 2 (0.45%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 72 (16.22%) Analyst
2 54 (12.16%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 52 (11.71%) IT Support
4 51 (11.49%) Support Analyst
5 50 (11.26%) Developer
6 48 (10.81%) Azure Engineer
7 43 (9.68%) Support Engineer
8 31 (6.98%) Senior
9 30 (6.76%) IT Engineer
10 29 (6.53%) 1st Line Support
10 29 (6.53%) Architect
11 27 (6.08%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
12 26 (5.86%) 3rd Line Engineer
13 24 (5.41%) Administrator
14 23 (5.18%) Cloud Engineer
15 20 (4.50%) Lead
16 19 (4.28%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
17 18 (4.05%) 3rd Line Support
17 18 (4.05%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
18 17 (3.83%) 2nd Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 63 (14.19%) .NET
2 29 (6.53%) React
3 25 (5.63%) CSS
4 15 (3.38%) Vue
5 14 (3.15%) ASP.NET
5 14 (3.15%) jQuery
5 14 (3.15%) Web Services
6 13 (2.93%) HTML
7 12 (2.70%) YAML
8 8 (1.80%) HTML5 Canvas
9 7 (1.58%) .NET Framework
9 7 (1.58%) AngularJS
9 7 (1.58%) ARM Templates
9 7 (1.58%) REST
10 5 (1.13%) Kafka
11 4 (0.90%) .NET Core
11 4 (0.90%) Node.js
12 3 (0.68%) scikit-learn
12 3 (0.68%) SignalR
12 3 (0.68%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 19 (4.28%) IoT
2 17 (3.83%) Hybrid Cloud
3 15 (3.38%) Data Centre
3 15 (3.38%) Driving Licence
3 15 (3.38%) Enterprise Software
4 13 (2.93%) Onboarding
5 8 (1.80%) Cloud Native
5 8 (1.80%) Product Ownership
6 7 (1.58%) Analytical Mindset
7 6 (1.35%) Management Information System
7 6 (1.35%) Self-Motivation
8 5 (1.13%) Clustering
8 5 (1.13%) Enterprise Storage
9 4 (0.90%) iPad
9 4 (0.90%) Legacy Systems
10 3 (0.68%) Distributed Systems
10 3 (0.68%) Low-Code
10 3 (0.68%) Virtual Team
11 2 (0.45%) Biopharmaceutical
11 2 (0.45%) Digital Signage
Operating Systems
1 181 (40.77%) Windows
2 141 (31.76%) Windows Server
3 49 (11.04%) Windows Server 2019
4 38 (8.56%) Windows 10
5 35 (7.88%) Mac OS
6 22 (4.95%) Linux
7 16 (3.60%) Android
7 16 (3.60%) Windows Server 2016
8 12 (2.70%) Apple iOS
9 4 (0.90%) Unix
10 3 (0.68%) VMS
11 1 (0.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 1 (0.23%) SUSE
11 1 (0.23%) Windows 2000
11 1 (0.23%) Windows 8
11 1 (0.23%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 127 (28.60%) Problem-Solving
2 109 (24.55%) Customer Service
3 85 (19.14%) ITIL
4 77 (17.34%) Business Intelligence
5 75 (16.89%) Agile
6 70 (15.77%) Stakeholder Management
7 63 (14.19%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 61 (13.74%) DevOps
9 59 (13.29%) Continuous Improvement
10 52 (11.71%) Analytics
11 51 (11.49%) CI/CD
12 46 (10.36%) Process Improvement
13 44 (9.91%) Data Analysis
14 41 (9.23%) Roadmaps
15 40 (9.01%) Mentoring
16 38 (8.56%) Data Analytics
17 35 (7.88%) Scrum
18 33 (7.43%) Service Delivery
19 29 (6.53%) Cybersecurity
19 29 (6.53%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 85 (19.14%) PowerShell
2 65 (14.64%) C#
3 47 (10.59%) SQL
4 45 (10.14%) Python
5 42 (9.46%) JavaScript
6 22 (4.95%) Java
7 19 (4.28%) PHP
8 14 (3.15%) TypeScript
9 13 (2.93%) C++
10 12 (2.70%) VB.NET
11 7 (1.58%) Bash
11 7 (1.58%) R
12 6 (1.35%) VBScript
13 5 (1.13%) Bicep
14 4 (0.90%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 2 (0.45%) VBA
16 1 (0.23%) C
16 1 (0.23%) Go
Qualifications
1 64 (14.41%) Microsoft Certification
2 59 (13.29%) DBS Check
3 49 (11.04%) Degree
4 29 (6.53%) Azure Certification
5 24 (5.41%) Computer Science Degree
6 19 (4.28%) Cisco Certification
7 17 (3.83%) CCNA
8 16 (3.60%) AWS Certification
9 14 (3.15%) Security Cleared
10 13 (2.93%) A+ Certification
11 11 (2.48%) SC Cleared
12 10 (2.25%) TOGAF Certification
13 9 (2.03%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 8 (1.80%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
14 8 (1.80%) MCP
14 8 (1.80%) MCSA
15 7 (1.58%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 7 (1.58%) Network+ Certification
16 6 (1.35%) CompTIA Security+
16 6 (1.35%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (2.93%) GDPR
2 9 (2.03%) Accessibility
3 8 (1.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (1.35%) Cyber Essentials
4 6 (1.35%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 5 (1.13%) Data Quality
6 4 (0.90%) PCI DSS
6 4 (0.90%) PMO
7 3 (0.68%) QA
7 3 (0.68%) SLA
8 2 (0.45%) GxP
8 2 (0.45%) NIST
9 1 (0.23%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.23%) EU AI Act
System Software
1 134 (30.18%) Active Directory
2 40 (9.01%) Hyper-V
3 37 (8.33%) VMware Infrastructure
4 21 (4.73%) Virtual Desktop
5 19 (4.28%) Docker
6 4 (0.90%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (0.90%) vSphere
7 3 (0.68%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 3 (0.68%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 83 (18.69%) Microsoft Intune
2 26 (5.86%) Terraform
3 16 (3.60%) SCCM
4 15 (3.38%) Backup Exec
5 11 (2.48%) Kubernetes
6 7 (1.58%) Ansible
7 6 (1.35%) Jamf Pro
8 4 (0.90%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 4 (0.90%) FortiGate
9 3 (0.68%) Failover Clustering
10 2 (0.45%) Microsoft Clustering
10 2 (0.45%) NetBackup
10 2 (0.45%) PaperCut
10 2 (0.45%) Puppet
10 2 (0.45%) Single Sign-On
10 2 (0.45%) WhatsUp Gold
11 1 (0.23%) CSIRT
Vendors
1 282 (63.51%) Microsoft
2 48 (10.81%) VMware
3 21 (4.73%) Veeam
4 18 (4.05%) Apple
5 15 (3.38%) Cisco
6 14 (3.15%) Atlassian
6 14 (3.15%) DevExpress
7 12 (2.70%) ServiceNow
8 11 (2.48%) Fortinet
8 11 (2.48%) Palo Alto
9 10 (2.25%) CrowdStrike
9 10 (2.25%) Google
9 10 (2.25%) Oracle
9 10 (2.25%) SAP
10 9 (2.03%) Samsung
11 8 (1.80%) HP
11 8 (1.80%) Salesforce
12 7 (1.58%) Dell
12 7 (1.58%) IBM
13 6 (1.35%) Remedy